Improvement in knock-down chairs



PATENTED JUL il 1871 INVVNTO R.

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PATENT OFFICE.

VOLNEY STOOKTON, OF WILLIAMSBURG, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN KNOCK-DOWN CHAIRS.

Speciiicatiou forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,012, dated July 11,1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VOLNEY STocKToN, of Williamsburg, in the county ofClermont and State of Ohio, have invented certain Improvements inKnocl{-D'o\vn Chairs, of which the following is a speciiication:

This invention is designed as an improvement in what are calledknock-down chairs; and my improvement consists in a novel and securemethod oi attaching the legs, rails, and stretch ers together, thedetails of which will be hereafter fully described, and whereby thechair may be shipped piecemeal so as to occupy the smallest possiblecompaiss and to be readily put together when desired for sale or use.

Figure l is a perspective view of a chair embodying my improvements, theupper portion of the near leg being represented as broken oft and aportion of the seat removed. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of onecorner, showing the method of uniting the various members of the chair.

A Apare the front legs; B B, the rear legs; and C, the seat ofal1-ordinary spring-bottom, rattan, rush, or cane-seat chair. The seatis attached to rails D D and stretcher-s E E', and both the rails andstretchers are secured to the legs of the cha-ir in the followingmanner: As

shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the front and rear rails D D are recessed at d,so as to fit snugly around the chair-legs, and said rails are providedat each oi' their ends with tenons F, which are adapted to entermortises e on the innerl sides of the stretchers E E. The ends of thestretchers terminate in dowels e for insertion in holes c in thechair-legs.

rlhe front and rear rails or strctchers D D whose tenons F occupymortises e in the side strctchers E E, and whose excavations d areformed to hug or grasp the posts or legs, are the principal features oi'my invention.

The seat may be made complete and shipped by itself so as to be attachedto the legs when the chair has reached its destination7 or the seat maybe secured to the front legs alone and be nested one within another forthe purpose of facilitating their transportation.

I claim as -my invention The combination of the chair-legs A A B B, seatC, rails l) D d, stretchers E E, mortises c c, and tenons F e, for theobject stated.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand. A

Witnesses: VOLNEY STOOKTON.

GEO. H. KNIGHT, J'AMEs H. LAYMAN.

